Basic Word Order in German

This video covers the pattern of normal word order in English (including sentences with one verb and sentences with two verbs) and the pattern of normal word order in German (with a comparison of like sentences), followed with numerous examples. The two rules taught are those associated with verb position (the first verb in the second position and the second verb in the final position) and the position of additional information in the sentence (time, manner, place).

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Hey, German here! Great video! Basically the conjugated verb always comes at the second place while the infinitive (second) verb comes at the end :)

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[@mugridgelanguage]

That’s right - never conjugate the second verb in a sentence!

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5:44 can the Time, Manner and Place be interchanged as well please?

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2nd verb moves to the end and is the full verb.

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For me, that second verb placement always creates an element of surprise or mystery in a sentence. Imagine your pretty classmate starts by saying... Ich möchte (she wants something) Ich möchte heute Abend (Hmmm...she wants something tonight) Ich möchte heute Abend mit dir (she wants to do something with me tonight!) Ich möchte heute Abend mit dir bei mir (she wants to do something with met tonight at her place!!) Ich möchte heute Abend mit dir bei mir lernen. (Sigh...she wants to study) 😂😂😂

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[@yooong3353]

could you explain the order in this sentence : "ich liebe sie, weil sie schön ist" ? thank you

[@mugridgelanguage]

This is a great question! The word "weil" makes the verb go to the last position. So the sentence would normally be "sie ist schön" but "weil" forces the "ist" to the end of the sentence. The word "weil" belongs to a category of words called "subordinating conjunctions" which do this, words like "dass" and "obwohl".

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Ok, wow, I *think* I may be starting to understand!! Quick question though, how come an 'N' gets shoved on the second verb? 'GeheN' and 'kommeN' etc?

[@mugridgelanguage]

Good to hear! The second verb in the sentence will always be in the “infinitive” form (the base form of the verb with no ending) and be at the end of the sentence. We do a similar thing in English. E.g. “He plays” (s ending) but “He can play” (no ending on play).

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Can show example of word order involving dative and accusative?

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As far as I know, the verbs ending for "Er" is -t, e.g _Er kommt aus Berlin_ . But why in the video it says "kommen" instead of "kommt"? Or is it another rule perhaps?

[@joaquincardillo]

But what about direct and indirect objects? What's their word order??

[@nyarlathotep9178]

hello, I would like to ask a question on the fourth sentence in 7:21, why cant we just say "meine geschwister angekommen gestern zu haus", why do we have to add sind as a first verb? (which I am assuming is the same sind that means 'are').

[@mugridgelanguage]

Great question! So the reason is that this tense in German is like the “have arrived” tense in English where there are always two verbs, “have” and “arrived” (with this verb, it is obviously “are” and “arrived” in German). German does have the tense (simple past) where you can just say “arrived”, but it’s less common. Hope that helps!

[@nyarlathotep9178]

@@mugridgelanguage Aha, that makes sense now, thank you very much :)

[@szymongrabowski7474]

Hi sir I have a question! Does the subject always stick to the verb? The question is inspired from one of the videos made by Your German Teacher but I cannot find the exact video. I dindn’t find the answer on the internet. Grate video overalls short and to a point!

[@mugridgelanguage]

The subject is usually immediately before or after the verb, pretty much always! So yes!

[@karstengraef4157]

In a sub clause, the conjugated verb goes to the very end. Example: "..., weil ich das genaue Video nicht finden kann." (... because I can't find the exact video.) Here, the sub clause is introduced by "weil" and the conjugated verb ("kann") goes to the very end.

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@@karstengraef4157 Das ist sehr interessant! Vielen Dank!

[@karstengraef4157]

@@gustavofabricio3130 Gern geschehen.